Microsoft Q1 2011 by the numbers: Beats consensus but not Apple — Microsoft started fiscal 2011, which first quarter closed on September 30, ahead of analyst consensus. Slower PC shipment growth didn't take the spark out of Windows revenues, and Office 2010 delivered during its first full quarter of license sales.

Hands on the Nexus Two by Samsung — The Nexus Two is real. It's made by Samsung, and a friend of ours got to play with it. It's not going rock your face like the Nexus One did. But it will record it with a front-facing camera. — “When I first saw it from 10 feet away …

Facebook Launching Places Powered Deals Service — Facebook is currently testing a new “Facebook Deals” service which enables businesses to provide deals whenever visitors check-in to a physical store. The new service is being tested with a limited number of partners …

PDC: Why Steve Jobs' Pixar uses Microsoft Windows Azure — Everyone knows Pixar, the studio that makes fantastic computer-graphics movies. Most people probably realize they couldn't just make one of those films with their desktop PC. But few people may know that's not necessarily …

Adobe demos Flash-to-HTML5 conversion tool — Where there's pain, there's opportunity. — Pre-Adobe, I made my living building rich, Flash-intensive sites for Gucci, Coca-Cola, Nike, and other big brands. Doing that job today, I'd be in a jam: How could I create rich experiences that run on desktops …

Telling the Story of Friendships — One of my favorite Facebook moments is browsing photos from friends in the News Feed after they've begun a new relationship, gotten engaged or gotten married. It gives me a fun and meaningful glimpse of the friendship between two people I know.

Twitter for Windows Phone: Pivot Power — There is a new addition to our mobile family: Twitter for Windows Phone. This Twitter client is available now for all Windows Phone 7 devices. We want you to be able to get Tweets quickly and easily, no matter what device you're using …

SAP Admitting Infringement In Oracle Case — The admission means SAP will likely be liable for big damages—and possible further investigation—in the suit filed against it by Oracle, which alleged that the SAP-acquired TomorrowNow operation improperly accessed Oracle code.

Sign up for Flickr with your Google Account! — With dozens of different login usernames and passwords out there on the Interwebs, who needs to add yet another one to the list? To help solve this, Flickr is rolling out a new feature to make it easier than ever for new users to join our community.

Cloud, meet Rainbow — Enabling video & audio recording in the browser. — Introduction — At Mozilla Labs, we're constantly trying to push the boundaries with respect to what the browser can do. We've experimented with audio recording in the browser as part of the Jetpack prototype earlier, and want to revisit the idea.

1 billion subscriptions and counting — Early on (we're talking '06 here, people!), the yellow subscribe button made its debut so the latest videos from your favorite channels could make a beeline to your inbox/eager eyes. Today, the button that's been immortalized as a throw cushion hits …

Can Intel and $50B in IT Budgets Achieve Open Clouds? — Waiting for cloud interoperability? Intel might have you covered via a trio of new initiatives designed to make cloud computing more open, interoperable and intelligent - Intel's Cloud 2015 vision, the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) and Intel Cloud Builders.